> Can't do it with 'normal' tools. The detection and allocation of ethernet
> devices is very dumb, IMHO.
Its very sane IMHO.
> You can do it by using 'ip' from package iproute2 insteadt of ifconfig
> something like this:
> load your eepro100 module, you end up with eth0 and eth1
command 'ip link set eth1 name eth2' should do the trick
> Check the man page and documentation, this is from memory
> Havn't tryed it, maybe it blows up your box :)
Its a workable solution. Of course whichever software hardcoded eth1 is
horribly broken.
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